I’ve been doing a lot of python work lately, as part of several projects, websites and writing pieces. As a result I’ve had to get my act together as far as working efficiently with python is concerned.

In this article I’ll be discussing one of my primary components of my toolbox, IPython. IPython is an interactive python shell, an enhancement for the generic python interpreter. IPython incorporates a wide variety of simple additions which make the interpreter much easier to work with, but do not warrant being added into the core distribution.

I’m not going to list out and explain IPython’s every capability, that’s a job for their documentation. My contribution is a small selection of features to whet any python user’s appetite, and to show them a whole new way of working with python.